She loved him first. He disappeared out of her life. Now he’s a star hockey player in need of an image rebuild, and she is the only PR genius who can help him.
I’d based my career in hockey on true talent and strength, but the life of a public figure comes with illusions and temptations, and somehow, I lost myself to those temptations. Over the years I’d learned to thrive from the attention, and the press seemed to thrive from me, especially after I got arrested.
Suspended from the team and with my reputation on the line for good this time, my agent decides to hire some PR genius to spend time with me and rehabilitate my public persona. With rumours building, I reluctantly agree, and that is when Emma Hart walks into the room. It’s been fifteen years since I last laid eyes on her, yet she pretends she doesn’t know me.
She quickly and quietly makes it clear to me that I shouldn’t get my hopes up because there will never be anything between us. According to her she is happily involved with someone else. Emma’s confident she can fix my image and dives right in navigating the scandal hungry media. While I love that she is coming to my rescue, the difficult side of me continues to push her, but she seems unfazed.
While things begin looking better for me, things start spiraling out of control for Emma. Her so called happy private life isn’t as perfect as she’s made it out to be.
I should have known better than to comfort her.
I should have known better than to kiss her.
This whole thing was about fixing my image, not about rewriting the story of us.
Colton is a professional hockey player who actions off the ice has placed his career in jeopardy. Team management has hired a successful PR agent to help change how he is perceived by the public however not only is she the woman he loved as a teenager, but she has also agreed to pretend they are in a relationship.
Emma hasn’t forgotten how Colton disappeared from her life and made no attempt to contact her. She will do what is required of her, but her determination to keep their relationship strictly professional is proving to become more difficult the more time they spend together.
The feelings between Colton and Emma haven’t diminished over time as they take us on a romantic and emotional journey as must overcome the secrets of the past as well as the challenges in the present.
USA Today Bestselling Author S.L. Sterling was born and raised in southern Ontario. She now lives in Northern Ontario Canada and is married to her best friend and soul mate and their two dogs.
An avid reader all her life, S.L. Sterling dreamt of becoming an author. She decided to give writing a try after one of her favorite authors launched a course on how to write your novel. This course gave her the push she needed to put pen to paper and her debut novel “It Was Always You” was born.
When S.L. Sterling isn’t writing or plotting her next novel she can be found curled up with a cup of coffee, blanket and the newest romance novel from one of her favorite authors.
In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, sunny destinations, spending quality time with family and friends and of course reading.
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